Privileged Identity Management Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Privileged Identity Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	169	-	111
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+7
Contract jobs citing Privileged Identity Management	6	0	3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands	0.17%	-	0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.20%	-	0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted	4	0	1
10^th Percentile	£404	-	-
25^th Percentile	£409	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£425	-	£520
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-30.67%
75^th Percentile	£441	-	-
90^th Percentile	£446	-	-
England median daily rate	£550	£538	£605
% change year-on-year	+2.33%	-11.16%	-0.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Privileged Identity Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	3,030	1,710	1,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands	84.78%	90.09%	83.07%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,853	1,082	986
10^th Percentile	£317	£263	£229
25^th Percentile	£413	£400	£381
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£500	£514
Median % change year-on-year	-5.00%	-2.68%	+2.75%
75^th Percentile	£588	£588	£625
90^th Percentile	£675	£687	£725
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	226	116	40
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£12.62	£14.66
25^th Percentile	£17.44	£16.45	£15.44
Median hourly rate	£22.46	£23.70	£23.05
Median % change year-on-year	-5.21%	+2.80%	-16.18%
75^th Percentile	£43.96	£31.00	£35.00
90^th Percentile	£55.00	£50.00	£52.78
England median hourly rate	£38.13	£25.15	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+51.59%	-40.82%	-5.56%

Privileged Identity Management Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Privileged Identity Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Privileged Identity Management Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Privileged Identity Management.

Privileged Identity Management Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Privileged Identity Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Coventry	-	6	£425	-	1
Privileged Identity Management England

Privileged Identity Management Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Privileged Identity Management also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for Privileged Identity Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Active Directory	100.0%	6
1	Azure	100.0%	6
1	Entra ID	100.0%	6
1	Identity Management	100.0%	6
1	Microsoft	100.0%	6
6	BeyondTrust	83.3%	5
6	Cybersecurity	83.3%	5
6	Identity Access Management	83.3%	5
6	Incident Response	83.3%	5
6	OAuth	83.3%	5
6	OpenID	83.3%	5
6	PowerShell	83.3%	5
6	Privileged Access Management	83.3%	5
6	RBAC	83.3%	5
6	SAML	83.3%	5
6	Secrets Management	83.3%	5
6	Single Sign-On	83.3%	5
6	Threat Detection	83.3%	5
6	Zero Trust	83.3%	5
20	Security Monitoring	66.7%	4
21	Azure Key Vault	50.0%	3
21	CISSP	50.0%	3
21	CyberArk	50.0%	3
24	Analytics	33.3%	2
24	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	2
24	SailPoint	33.3%	2
24	Security Cleared	33.3%	2
28	SIEM	16.7%	1

Privileged Identity Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Identity Management	100.0%	6
2	Cybersecurity	83.3%	5
2	Identity Access Management	83.3%	5
2	Incident Response	83.3%	5
2	Privileged Access Management	83.3%	5
2	RBAC	83.3%	5
2	Secrets Management	83.3%	5
2	Threat Detection	83.3%	5
2	Zero Trust	83.3%	5
10	Security Monitoring	66.7%	4
11	Analytics	33.3%	2
11	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	2
13	SIEM	16.7%	1